I had been to the beach before, many times in fact. My mother always believed that the ocean was where she belonged so I had been many times throughout my childhood. When I started living with my dad, and my stepmother Jennifer, the opportunity to visit the ocean was never a possibility due to no one ever wanting to go. I had begged to go to Florida for vacation every summer, but we always went to Ohio. The situation changed in the summer of 2015. Since my step sister, Cynthia would be graduating the next spring, she got to choose our vacation spot, and call it a senior trip. After some careful consideration, and input from everyone in the family, we decided to visit St.Croix. Once the realization hit that this was an island in the Caribbean, I started planning. This planning included many pins on Pinterest, and careful
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For example, we paddle boarded, used push boats, snorkeled, and climbed on the natural landscape around the beach. When paddle boarding, I was too chicken to stand up on the board. Instead, I was sitting on my knees, and had the worst workout of my life. I used every single weak muscle in my poor body to move forward, and it was shown the next morning. When we used Push boats, it was surprisingly pleasant, but we had to be careful of the waves dragging us away. The best activity was snorkeling partly because it was funny. We decided to snorkel for the first time, we all drank salt water at some point, and were scared of the seaweed getting us. When we got further out, I noticed something I did not expect to see. Little black spiked balls were on the seafloor, and I was just confused. It didn’t take long for all the nature documentaries I had previously watched to kick in. Poisonous Sea urchins covered the sea floor, I quickly screamed and of course ran for my life because they could most definitely chase me. Dad said he had never laughed harder in his life, and he had pictures to prove
For example, we paddle boarded, used push boats, snorkeled, and climbed on the natural landscape around the beach. When paddle boarding, I was too chicken to stand up on the board. Instead, I was sitting on my knees, and had the worst workout of my life. I used every single weak muscle in my poor body to move forward, and it was shown the next morning. When we used Push boats, it was surprisingly pleasant, but we had to be careful of the waves dragging us away. The best activity was snorkeling partly because it was funny. We decided to snorkel for the first time, we all drank salt water at some point, and were scared of the seaweed getting us. When we got further out, I noticed something I did not expect to see. Little black spiked balls were on the seafloor, and I was just confused. It didn’t take long for all the nature documentaries I had previously watched to kick in. Poisonous Sea urchins covered the sea floor, I quickly screamed and of course ran for my life because they could most definitely chase me. Dad said he had never laughed harder in his life, and he had pictures to prove